Is a new cold war inevitable? Chinese perspectives on US-China strategic competition

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Abstract

In recent years, Chinese scholars and policy elites have discussed the ever intensifying strategic competition between the United States and China and its multifaceted implications for Chinese foreign policy. Some even worry about the possibility of a new Cold War between the United States and China. This article aims to offer an analysis of Chinese perspectives on US-China strategic competition. In the view of most Chinese observers, US-China strategic competition is inevitable because China is closing the national power gap between itself and the United States, while the latter resolutely upholds its global primacy. Other factors, including ideological disagreements, may fuel the major power competition that has extended to most aspects of US-China relations. Chinese observers believe that economic and technological rivalry between the United States and China has heightened and that the Western Pacific is the focal point of US-China strategic competition. Meanwhile, certain Chinese scholars attach greater importance to US-China competition over international prestige and leadership. However, Chinese analysts are not overly pessimistic about the prospects for US-China relations and have raised policy recommendations geared to managing US-China strategic competition and restoring a new equilibrium between the two major powers.

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Zhao, M. (2019, September 1). Is a new cold war inevitable? Chinese perspectives on US-China strategic competition. Chinese Journal of International Politics. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjip/poz010

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